McDonalds Dreaming in Mono

McDonalds has launched “Dreaming in Mono”, a 60 minute satire for television broadcast over seven episodes on four television networks in the Nordic region, and online at dreaminginmono.com. The transmedia story of Dreaming in Mono brings to life the rivalries and stereotypes of the Danes, Finns, Norwegians and Swedes in the story of an unlikely group of Nordic people who come together to beat an old ski record, only on one ski: a monoski. The focus of the activity is on McDonald’s guests and their stories and dreams, rather than on the brand or its products.

The story starts in 1974, with Alain Duchamp and his rival Hansi von Spitzmark about to embark on the most important endeavour of their lives, a downhill race to immortality. von Spitzmark ends up victorious. 36 years later, Alain is still mourning his loss and has been all but devoured by ghosts of the past. In a last attempt at satisfaction, and to gain recognition for why he lost that fateful day in 1974, Alain sets out on an amazing enterprise: to gather a team of monoski enthusiasts and break the dream record once and for all.

Click on the image below to play the first trailer in YouTube

Click on the image below to play the second trailer in YouTube

Click on the image below to play Episode 1 in YouTube

The film is being broadcast on TV6, Sweden, Viasat 4, Norway, TV3 Puls, Denmark and SubTV, Finland, and in McDonald’s 465 restaurants across the region. www.dreaminginmono.com hosts the seven episodes, additional character and storyline material plus Mono Madness, a downhill ski race viral game that mirrors the theme of the film. The site connects to Dreaming in Mono’s Twitter and Facebook pages.

The Dreaming in Mono hub offers music, videos, polls, iPhone apps, a contest, monoski tech tips as well as other applications, along with opportunities to start discussions – all designed to connect people around the story. Each episode has unique content to support both the episode story and McDonald’s core values. Content is also being spread on major social media platforms such as YouTube, Vimeo, with advertising placed on MSN, MySpace and Facebook.

Nice blog. This is a very good explanation of Dreming in Mono. You also might want to know that the Director Jens Jonsson has written the script for a new award winning movie. He is a true genius…

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